Combination bath-tub, kitchen-sink, and drain-board device.



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COMBINATION BATH TUB, KITCHEN SINK, AND DRAIN BOARD DEVICE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 22, 1911.

1,095,742. Patented May 5, 1914.

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J. G. SIMMS.

COMBINATION BATH TUB, KITCHEN SINK, AND DRAIN BOARD DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1911.

1,095,742. PatntedMay5,1914.

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JAMES CLAY SIMIVIS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO SINK & SWIM CO., OF GIN- CINNATI, OHIO, A FIRM COMPOSED F EDWARD W. BOSTON AND J. CLAY SIMMS.

COMBINATION BATH-TUB, KITCHEN-SINK, AND DRAIN-BOARD DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAuEs CLAY SrMMs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combination Bath-Tub, Kitchen-Sink, and Drain-Board Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined kitchen-sinks and bathtubs, and it has for its object the provision of any ordinary or suitable bath-tub that is set in place beneath a hinged kitchen-sink and an adjacent, hinged drainboard, the latter being such a board as is ordinarily used in con- .neotion with kitchen-sinks and, also, in

providing the usual faucets for said kitchen sink and the usual faucets for said bathtub, whereby said hinged kitchen-sink and hinged drain-board can be readily raised into vertical position when it is desired to use the bath-tub and just as readily lowered into horizontal position when they are to be used and not the bath-tub.

Quite an essential object of the invention herein is to enable the use of the ordinary bath-tub that is supplied with its usual faucet or faucets within one end thereof and its usual drain and overflow pipes and, also, to enable the use of the ordinary faucets on the side wall adjacent the drain or discharge end of the sink.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, such as will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, an outerend elevation showing the device in what might be termed its normal condition, that is, with the kitchen-sink and drain-board in horizontal position for their actual use and the bath-tub beneath them but the latter not in use, at least for the customary bathing purpose; Fig. 3, a front elevation, on a somewhat larger scale than that of Figs. 1 and 2,) showing the invention as it appears in both Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4:, a front elevation, similar to Fig. 3, but with the hinged kitchen-sink and drain-board both shown in their raised or elevated positions out of the way of use of the bath-tub; Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 4, but with the kitchen-sink Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22, 1911.

Patented May 5, 1914:.

Serial No. 634,823.

lowered into horizontal using position, ready for the following lowering of the drain-board that is still in the position seen in said Fig. 4; and Fig. 6, a combined plan and detail elevation of the slip-joint device used in connection with the drain-spout of the kitchen-sink and the upper end of the bath-tub overflow-pipe.

In said drawings, 1 indicates an ordinary bath-tub, 2 an ordinary kitchen-sink, 3 an ordinary drain-board used in connection with said sink, a a back-wall and 5 a side or end wall, such walls forming an ordinary usual corner in which kitchen-sinks are placed for convenient use.

The sink 2 is mounted, as usual, within a wooden frame 6, but the latter, in this particular instance, is hinged at 7 to the sidewall strip 8. Said sink 2 has the usual drain or dlscharge spout 9 at its hinged end.

10 indicates a weight traveling vertically in a boxing or casing 11 placed in the angle or corner of the walls 4 and 5, and 12 is a chain that engages pulley or idler 13 mounted at the upper end of said casing 11 and attached at one end to said weight 10 and at the other end to a hook 1 1 placed at the fore end of the sink-frame 6. Said weight 10 is used to approximately counter-balance the said sink and intended to hold the latter in its raised vertical position but not in tended to overbalance said sink when the latter is in horizontal or using position.

' 15 and 16 indicate an ordinary pair of faucets used in connection with the sink and mounted on the end-wall 5, so as to discharge into the sink at the drain-end thereof The drain-board 3 is hinged at 17, 17 to the back-wall 41, whereby it is adapted to be swung or raised upward into vertical position lateral to the movement of the sink, but otherwise like unto the said hingingoperation of the sink.

It will be seen from the description thus far that the said sink and drain-board may assume either their normal horizontal usingpositions or they may assume raised, vertical positions such as when not in use, and the bath-tub 1 lies fixed lengthwise under said sink and drain-board and adapted to be used for bathing purposes or the like when said sink and drain-board are first raised or swung upward into vertical position out of the way of the latter.

A gravitating-latch 18 is mounted on the back-wall i to automatically engage the keeper 19 on the edge of the drain-board 3 when the latter is in upright position against said back-wall and supports it against accidental downward movement.

Elastic bumpers or pads 20 and 21 are used on the respective bottoms of the sinkframe 6 and drain-board 3, as best seen in Fig. 3, for suitably supporting the sink and drain-board on the upper, roll edge 22 of the bath-tub, and preventing mutilating shock with and abrasion of the latter. A convenient handle 23 is attached to the lower edge of the drain-board, as also best seen in Fig. 3.

2% indicates the ordinary tub-faucet, or it may indicate a pair of such ordinary faucets located in the rear end of the bathtub 1 and connected by a branch 25 with the vertical service-pipe 26, the latter leading also to the sink-faucet 15.

27 indicates a horizontal drain-pipe leading from the bath-tub to the main vertical drain-pipe 23 that has an upward overflowextension 29, the latter having the usual overflow-branch 30 that leads to the desired overflow water-level in the end wall of the tub just below the faucet The upper end of the vertical extension 29 of the overflow-pipe is open and has a vertical open slot 31 therein, the latter as best seen in the lower view of Fig. 6.

32 indicates a short inwardly-telescopic tube having a shouldered head 33 and the latter, in turn, having a flared or expanded mouth 34. 35, 35 indicate diametricallyextending pins or lugs provided on the edge of the said flaring mouth 34, and 36 is a lateral pin on the telescopic tube 32 adapted to engage the vertical open slot 31 in the vertical overflow-extension 29. Said pin 36 and the open slot 31 are adapted to maintain the vertical alinement of the telescopic tube 32 and, also, the said pins or lugs 35 in transverse relation with the bath-tub for the purpose that I shall now proceed to describe. The telescopic tube 32 together with its flared head form a slip-joint with the short drain-spout 9 of the sink and, in order that such slip-joint can be properly closed or effected when the sink is in horizontal position for use, a lever 37 pivoted at 33 and provided at its fore end with a fork 39, is mounted upon the bottom of said sink so that said fork 39 shall engage with its aw arms beneath the said pins or lugs 35, and avertical extension 40 projects upwardly from the rear end of said lever 37 for engagement at its extreme, laterally-extended upper end ell with the bottom of the drainboard 3 when the latter has been brought into horizontal using position. It will be seen, in Fig. 5, how the operation of the lever 37 and the slip-joint is duly effected.

' In that view, the telescopic-tube is shown in its lowermost position with its shouldered head resting on the upper edge of the overflow-extension 29 and with the pin 36 at the bottom of the vertical open slot 31 and, also, with the fork 39 just about to engage under the pins or lugs 35 of the flaring-mouth 3%, which latter is now separated from the drain-spout 9 of the sink. To close the slipjoint of said drain-spout 9, the drain-board 3 is lowered to horizontal using position, thereby depressing the lever-extension 4-0 and raising said slip-joint into the closing position seen in Fig. 3 and thereby forming a splash-guard connection to prevent the drainage from the sink splashing or leaking as it leaves said sink to discharge into the overflow-extension 29 and thence into the usual main. drain-pipe 28 below.

To operate my device herein, when it is desired to use the bath-tub, the drain-board is first raised on its hinges and duly held by the gravity latch device 18 and 19, the weight of the slip-joint and the long end of the lever 37 causing the slip-joint to drop from closing position with the drain-spout 9, and the short end of said lever 37 with its upright extension 40 raised into the position seen in Fig. 5. The sink can then be readily raised or swung upward on its hinges, the weight 10 materially facilitating such hinging-movement of said sink into vertical position as seen in Fig. 4. Said weight 10 is ordinarily ample to sustain the sink seen in Fig. 4 but, if desired, any suitable form of safety latch device can be used or supplied, to prevent the sink accidentally dropping from said upright position.

In order to arrange the front apron P2 of the drain-board out of the way of the bather I hinge it at 4L3, as and supply an automatic operating rod or lever le pivot-ally-connected at 45 to one end of said apron and at the other end 46 to a back-wall strip 47. The rod or lever 44 is swung outward from upright parallel position with the bottom of the drain-board by simply drawing on the handle 23 that is attached to the lower edge of said apron 42 adjacent the pivot-end 45.

It will be obvious in referring to the construction and arrangement of my device herein that the bathtub can be conveniently arranged beneath the sink and drain-board, entirely out of the way, and especially not in the way of the user of said sink and drainboard. The arrangement of faucets for both said bath-tub and sink is not changed from the ordinary arrangement of faucets in general use in connection with bath-tubs and sinks and there is no part of the device that can not be readily gotten at for inspection, repairs and cleaning or otherwise, especially in connection with devices of this character where dampness, vermin and filth lurk and become lodged as a result of daily use. The slip-joint arrangement is convenient and cleanly,- and readily gotten at for any needed flushing, inspection or repairs.

I claim V j 1. In combination, a fixed bath-tub having suitable service-faucet, drain and overflow connections at one end thereof, a kitchen-sink hinged atone side-edge to a suitable support that lies parallel-adjacent to said end of the bathtub and having a drain-spout at its said hinged end, a servicefaucet leading from said support to said hinged-edge of the sink, a drain-board hinged at its rear longitudinal edge to a suitable rear support and having its inner side-edge intimately contact or make joint with the adjacent inner side-edge of said sink when both sink and drain-board are in horizontal using position over said bathtub, means for counter-balancing and, also, for automatically maintaining or holding said sink in its upright position when out of normal use away from said bath-tub, means for detachably-holding the said drain-board in upright position when hinged out of use away from the said bath-tub, an upright overflow-extension on the upper end of the drain-pipe of the bath-tub, a slip-joint engaging the mouth of said overflow-extension, and means comprising a pivotal fork adapted to close the said slip-joint when the sink is in horizontal position for regular, normal use over the bath-tub.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a bath-tub, a kitchensink mounted in normal using position directly over and in close relation with said bath-tub and hinged at one end to an endwall and adapted to be swung upward from said using position out of the way of said bath-tub, a service-faucet mounted in said end-wall and projecting over the hinged, drain end of said kitchen-sink and cleared by said kitchen-sink when the latter is raised on its hinges into upright position, a drainboard hinged along its rear longitudinal edge to a back-wall that lies at a right-angle to said end-wall and is adapted to make closed or intimate joint at its inner end with the inner end of said kitchen-sink frame, a

latch device for holding said drain-board in upright hinged position, weight devices for counter-balancing and holding the sink in upright hinged position, a slip-joint having a flaring mouth adapted to engage the drainspout of the sink and telescopically-engaging an upward extension on the overflowpipe of the bath-tub, lateral pins or lugs on said slip-joint, a lever or rod pivotally-connected to the bottom of the sink and having forked arms engaging said lateral pins or lugs on said slip-joint and a rear upright extension engaging the bottom of the drainboard when the latter is brought into horizontal using position for closing said slipjoint with the drain-spout of the sink.

J. CLAY S-IMMS.

Witnesses:

JOHN ELIAS JONES, LORETTA LUCK.

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Washington, D. G. 

